Matthew Rispoli

Anthony Cortese, Sociology, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, presented a paper, “Ethical Approaches to Ethnoviolence: An Interdisciplinary Team-Taught Course,” at the 2013 annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association in Reno, Nevada in March.

Matthew Rispoli, a Master of Science candidate in electrical engineering in Lyle School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for study in condensed-matter physics. His graduate fellowship will provide a stipend of $30,000 per year for three years.

SMU students are urged to “Do One Thing” for green living on campus: create the best one-minute video promoting sustainability on the Hilltop. The University’s 2nd annual Green-Minute Video Contest, sponsored by the Campus Sustainability Committee, has a deadline of noon Oct. 8, 2010, for all entries.

The contest is an offshoot of the national “Do One Thing” campaign, created by advertising gurus Saatchi & Saatchi. The campaign encourages individuals to “live green” in one small way every day, such as biking to class or carrying reusable water bottles. Contest entries should be designed to kick off a “DOT” campaign at SMU and demonstrate how one person can make a difference, say the organizers.

“The contest seeks humor, quirkiness and imagination in a passion for fostering sustainability,” according to the Sustainability@SMU website. Only SMU students are eligible to enter, whether as individuals or teams. All videos must be G-rated and 60 seconds or shorter in length.

Winners of the 2010 contest will be premiered at the TEDxSMU event Oct. 16, as well as posted on the SMU homepage.

The Green-Minute Video Contest “is a good way to reinforce how easy and important it is to keep the campus green,” said Michael Paul, chair of the Campus Sustainability Committee and executive director of SMU Facilities Management and Sustainability. “We think students will be a lot more creative with this than we ever could, and we’ll use their videos to spread the message.”